Nonrefillable bottle



Aug. 27, 1935.

i E? )LTON" NONREFILLAB'LE. BOTTLE Filed Jan. 8, 1934 INVENTOR ATTORNEYPatented Aug. 27, 1935 PATENT orrlce 2,012,865 NONREFILLIABLE BOTTLERosto E. Colton, Chester Depot, Vt., assignor of one-third to George K.Roberts, Chester, Vt., and one-third to John A. McGuire,,Newton Mass.

Application January 8, 1934, Serial No. 105,785

adapted to render the latter non-refillable.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from aconsideration of the following detailed description when read inconnection with the accompanying drawing which forms part of theapplication, with the understanding, however, that the improvement iscapable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showingof the drawing nor to the precise construction described and, therefore,such changes and modifications may be made therein as do not afiect thespirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in theappended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of av bottle in combination withthe attachment of my invention which renders the bottle non-refillable.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view, partly in section, of a bottle incombination with the attachment of my invention, said attachment beingshown mostly in section, and the bottle and said attachment being inposition for pouring liquid from the bottle thru the attachment.

Referring to the drawing for a more detailed descriptionv thereof,numeral 5 indicates a bottle having a neck 6, the outer surface of whichis provided with an annular groove 1. The device or attachment whichrenders the bottle non-refillable is indicated by the numeral 8 andcomprises a tubular member 9 which is positioned over and around theneck of the bottle. The internal diameterof the tubular member 9 isslightly larger than the external diameter of the-neck of the bottle,leaving a space between the neck and the tubular member which is filledthru a lateral aperture II) in the wall of the tubular member with anysuitable substance adapted to hold said tubular member to the neck ofthe bottle, said substance filling the annular groove 1 in the peripheryof the bottle neck and also a groove ll formed on the inner surface ofsaid tubular member and positioned opposite the groove I. A disc l2,having a central outlet aperture I3, is positioned on the top, of thebottle neck and is held in place by a shoulder it formed in said tubularmember. When the bottle is in the upright position the outlet aperture[3 is closed by a valve member i5 which rests on the disc l2, said valvemember being herein illustrated as of cylindrical form. Said valvemember is preferably of light weight and is held seated on the disc l2,when the bottle is in upright position, by a weight ll herein shown as asphere. Said sphere ismovable between the valve member l5 and a concavecentral member l8, which is integrally connected with the tubular member9 by spaced radial arms 20. The" spaces 2| between saidradial arms 20provide passageways for the flow of liquid thru the tubular member, thatpart of the tubular member between the lower surface of the member 2|and the disc l2 having spaced vertical ribs 22 providing therebetweenpassageways 23 for the fiow'of liquid thru that portion of the tubularmember.

-When the bottle is in a tilted position, as indicated in Fig. 3, theweight I! moves into. abutment against the concave member I8 and thevalve member l5 moves from its seat on the disc l2, being guided by theribs 22 mentioned above. the liquid from the bottle then being free toflow thru the aperture l3 of the disc l2, then successively thru thepassageways 23 and 2| and out thru the orifice 25.

If an attempt is made to fill the bottlewhile it is in tilted position,as shown in Fig. 4, for example, the valve member l5 being of lightweight, will be floated to a position againstthe disc 12, therebyclosing the aperture 13 and prevent the bottle from being refilled.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a bottle of a device for rendering the bottlenon-refillable, said device including a tubular member secured to theneck of the bottle, a disc across the mouth of the bottle and having anoutlet aperture, a slidable valve element within said tubular memberadapted to close the aperture in said disc when the bottle is in uprightposition and to open the aperture when the bottle is tilted to permitliquid to be poured irom the bottle; and a free movable weight seated onsaid slidable element-when the bottle is upright, said slidable elementbeing sufficiently light to be floated against said disc when attempt ismade to fill the bottle by introducing liquid into the tubular memberwith the bottle tilted to a position with its mouth down, said tubularmember having an outlet orifice, a centrally located element within saidtubularmember, directly below the outlet orifice and spaced therefrom,spaced radial arms connecting said element to said tubular member andspaced guiding ribs formed internally on saidtubular member andextending inwardly substantially to said valve element and weight andadapted to guide said valve and weight and extending downwardly from a.level with the bottom of said element substantially to said disc.

- ROSTO E. COLTON.

